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Sat, Apr 11, 2015·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Anaheim Ducks 2, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 87% of the time.

ARI winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA11411608238
ARI0409111124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 5:41ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Corey Perry · Backhand, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:23ANAJakob SilfverbergGWGAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P3 13:59ARISam GagnerAssists: Martin Erat, David Moss · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:30ANATomas Fleischmann: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 8:59ARIConnor Murphy: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 13:39ARIConnor Murphy: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 17:59ANARyan Getzlaf: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 13:01ARIKlas Dahlbeck: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 2:57ARIB.J. Crombeen: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 2:57ANATim Jackman: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 19:43ANARyan Getzlaf: Tripping2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Arcobello
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAARI
38Shots on goal24
4.0Expected goals1.4
69Shot attempts50
32Faceoffs won34
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
41Hits41
14Blocked shots9
4Giveaways7
4Takeaways4

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestFleischmann – Getzlaf – Perry10:55

    xG 0.62–0.07 (90%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Jackman – Thompson – Etem6:30

    xG 0.48–0.15 (76%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Beleskey – Silfverberg8:20

    xG 0.64–0.58 (53%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

  4. Cogliano – Silfverberg – Rakell2:03

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWisniewski – Fowler13:34

    xG 0.65–0.23 (74%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Stoner – Vatanen14:02

    xG 0.82–0.57 (59%)attempts 19–12goals 1–0

  3. Beauchemin – Lindholm16:57

    xG 0.40–0.48 (45%)attempts 10–22goals 0–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Arcobello – Rieder9:24

    xG 0.36–0.24 (60%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Erat – Crombeen – Gagner2:16

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Erat – Moss – Gagner8:38

    xG 0.20–0.32 (39%)attempts 9–4goals 1–1

  4. Crombeen – Vitale – McGinn8:45

    xG 0.48–0.67 (42%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Ekman-Larsson18:26

    xG 0.82–0.63 (57%)attempts 26–14goals 0–2

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy2:11

    xG 0.09–0.07 (58%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Dahlbeck12:00

    xG 0.13–0.64 (17%)attempts 4–17goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

ARI 1.4 xGANA 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ARI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ARI is favoured, below it ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 19/100 · #967 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 87% of the time.

ARI winsANA wins

Simulated goal difference (ARI − ANA), 10,000 replays

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).